Its story

HIP 22966 has a visual magnitude of about 8.06: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 22966: right ascension 4h 56m 31s, declination +40° 10′ 9″ (J2000), in the region of the Auriga constellation (IAU figure Aur).

HIP 22966. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 22966, HD 31314, Gaia DR3 200031367302522368. In the SkyKeepsake Auriga (Aur) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.